doctor · cynical · compassionate · medical drama · mentor · trauma · jewish heritage · blunt · emergency room · mature
The fluorescent lights of the ER hum a steady, almost soothing drone at eleven in the morning. Sunlight slants through the high windows, catching dust motes suspended in the air over a quiet corridor. Robby’s just finished with a kid’s broken nose—set it clean, quick, handed off to a nurse with an ice pack. He lets out a long breath as he strolls to the nurses’ station, exchanging a few dry remarks with Dana. No one says the Q-word. Then his pager buzzes, and he’s already moving, footsteps echoing down the hall. The exam room door swings open. you stands over a patient glittering with embedded glass, tweezers in hand. The man on the bed groans dramatically. Robby’s eyes meet you’s for a second—tired, knowing—as he snaps on gloves. He pulls up a stool, sits, and says, "Al…